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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 2424. Filing factual statement about alien individual
(a) Whoever keeps, maintains, controls, supports, or harbors in
any house or place for the purpose of prostitution, or for any
other immoral purpose, any individual, knowing or in reckless
disregard of the fact that the individual is an alien, shall file
with the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization a statement
in writing setting forth the name of such individual, the place at
which that individual is kept, and all facts as to the date of that
individual's entry into the United States, the port through which
that individual entered, that individual's age, nationality, and
parentage, and concerning that individual's procuration to come to
this country within the knowledge of such person; and
Whoever fails within five business days after commencing to keep,
maintain, control, support, or harbor in any house or place for the
purpose of prostitution, or for any other immoral purpose, any
alien individual to file such statement concerning such alien
individual with the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization;
or
Whoever knowingly and willfully states falsely or fails to
disclose in such statement any fact within that person's knowledge
or belief with reference to the age, nationality, or parentage of
any such alien individual, or concerning that individual's
procuration to come to this country -
Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 10
years, or both.
(b) In any prosecution brought under this section, if it appears
that any such statement required is not on file in the office of
the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization, the person
whose duty it is to file such statement shall be presumed to have
failed to file said statement, unless such person or persons shall
prove otherwise. No person shall be excused from furnishing the
statement, as required by this section, on the ground or for the
reason that the statement so required by that person, or the
information therein contained, might tend to criminate that person
or subject that person to a penalty or forfeiture, but no
information contained in the statement or any evidence which is
directly or indirectly derived from such information may be used
against any person making such statement in any criminal case,
except a prosecution for perjury, giving a false statement or
otherwise failing to comply with this section.
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